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> There don't seem to occur any further technical objections against my
> back-reference proposal. I'm not acquainted with the process of bringing
That doesn't mean that people accept it, only that they have aired
the objections that they have. I am not convinced that the added
complexity of the language is offset by sufficient benefit, given that
the feature will not be usable on the public internet for many years,
because only real enthusiasts use the latest (non IE) browsers.
> this idea further now. Can someone please enlighten me on what is the next
> step in suggesting back-reference to CSS3?
Your next steps are either to become a paid up member of W3C or convince
a paid up member (probably a major browser implementor, who is prepared to
implement ahead of standardisation). Failing that, you need to implement the
feature yourself, or otherwise fully specify it to standards quality. Other
than that, you can assume that people with voting rights have seen the
suggestion and will decide whether or not it offers anything that previously
rejected "variables" and "macros" proposals didn't.